Nilima Has A Lot To Learn (Pt 4)

“We have an extra bed in our room. Do you want it?” Yule suggested. Girls had to stick together to stay safe. “They’re all separate beds and it’s your choice if you ever want to date a guy here or anything.” She gestured to a couple walking by, their tails entwined. “That girl was once in MegaCorp and now she’s married to…uhm…I forgot his name.”

“Date?” Dating was a foreign concept to Nilima. These girls seemed nice though, safe to be around.

“We can explain it later,” Yule said and started to walk next to Haven. “Do you want something to eat or drink? We’re headed to the cafeteria.”

“Sure.” Nilima said. She looked around. “So you don’t have to… mate with anyone if you don’t want to?”

Yule shook her head, cat ears flicking and tail swaying happily. “We can do as we please as long as we’re civil to each other.” She said with a small smile. “It’s nice.”

Delilah would walk by them and waved. “Hello, girls.” She called as she held onto Mark’s arm. “Having a good day? Oh, you must be one of the new girls. Nilima, right?”

“Yeah.” Nilima said.

“Is Amihan more fucked up than MegaCorp?” Haven asked Yule in a whisper.

Yule nodded to Haven. She’d heard the horror stories and even met a girl from there at MegaCorp. That girl died, but she had told Yule it was better than Amihan, which was shocking.

“That man they made me kill. He said something about being from Amihan.” Haven still struggled with how she had been forced to kill him. Because he, a fellow meta, had raped her.

“Strange…” Yule whispered and gave Haven a sad look. “You’ll never have to do that again, okay?”

Delilah smiled at them as she and Mark kept walking. She hoped the new girl could get comfortable here.

“I know.” Haven said quietly. It was terrible. She had also been pregnant, barely showing, and wound up miscarrying afterwards.

To brighten things a bit, Yule took Haven and Nilima to the cafeteria. It being so late not too many people were in there, but the cooks still there greeted them.

As they left Joel was next to a doctor trying to thaw out his tail.

Nilima looked around in wonder. “There aren’t any divisions on power levels?”

Sad doctor was trying to help with a hairdryer, muttering about frozen fur.